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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When swimming from Jersey to France like other channel crossings around the world, there are several things that go behind the scenes other than the athlete’s preparation and logistics around their window. The swim coordinator, Charlie Gravett, contacts the Prefecture Marine Manche Mer du Nord to inform the French […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Roger Finch is off to Japan to attempt his third Ocean Seven channel after his successful English Channel and Catalina Channel crossings. In addition to his 20 Robben Island swims, Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, International Self-Transcendence Marathon Swim, Ederle Swim, S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge, and Rottnest Channel Swim, Finch is
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Support crew and relay swimmers also can get seasick, especially while sitting on a slow-moving, diesel-powered boat in a turbulent seat. Crew members and relay swimmers occasionally use skin patches (with transdermal anticholinergic drugs), antihistamines (including brands such as Benadryl and Dramamine), acupressure wristbands, and various forms of ginger
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The fourth annual 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim took place between June 18th – 25th under the direction of David Barra and Rondi Davies. The world’s longest open water swimming competition – 120 miles (193 km) in all – included 7 swims over 7 days, starting at the Rip
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Yuko Matsuzaki is big in Japan with newspaper columns and books on marathon swimming. But she is even bigger in Turks & Caicos where she completed an unprecedented 21 km crossing between the island of North Caicos and Grace Bay, Providenciales in 6 hours. “The governor came to the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bruckner Chase, Michele Evans-Chase and the volunteers of the Ocean City Swim Club and staff of the Bacharach Rehabilitation Hospital hold weekly Ocean Swimming & Prone Paddleboarding program for Athletes with Spinal Cord Injuries and include time with the Unified Team Paddling members in the afternoons. In addition to
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. One of the greatly appreciated parameters of ocean swimming is when local municipalities clean and sweep the beaches early in the morning. The result is a welcome red carpet for early morning swimmers, triathletes, paddlers, kayakers, windsurfers and surfers. Walking towards the shore becomes thoroughly enjoyable as you gaze
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We greatly appreciate the safety aspects that Bruckner Chase, Michele Evans-Chase and the dedicated Ocean City Swim Club volunteers and staff incorporate into their weekly weekend ocean workout sessions in south New Jersey. Among their many precautions, experienced Ocean City Swim Club members talk with newbies before every swim, conditions and currents are discussed, trained
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Aida Molina of Culture Sport 365 who organizes the Swim the Costa Brava announce the registration for the 12 km race Cala Montgó Swim Festival on September 20th. “We have swimmers from all over the world who will participate. The highlight of the competition is definitely the spectacular beauty
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. A reader asked the following questions about a theoretical marathon swim or a potential channel swim: What if a boat dropped 10 buoys to mark a safe channel through rocks over a 2-mile section? Is the swim an assisted swim or an unassisted swim? What if in a channel,
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